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• princox

Noun

princock ‎(plural princocks)

1. (now rare, dialectal) An insolent or cheeky young man. Also used attributively.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.5:

     Behold its behaviour. It is a prin-cock boy, who, in his schoole, knows not how far one proceeds against all order: study, exercise, custome and practise, are paths to insufficiency: the novices beare all the sway.